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  1. Gloria Josephine Mae Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which also earned her a Golden Globe Award. ...

  2. Gloria Swanson. Actress: Sunset Boulevard. Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Svensson in Chicago, Illinois. She was destined to be perhaps one of the biggest stars of the silent movie era. Her personality and antics in private definitely made her a favorite with America's movie-going public. Gloria certainly didn't intend on going into show business.

  3. Jul 5, 2024 · Gloria Swanson | American motion-picture, stage, and television actress who was known primarily as a glamorous Hollywood star during the 1920s and as the fading movie queen Norma Desmond in the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. Her other notable movies included Bluebeard’s 8th Wife, Sadie Thompson, and The Trespasser.

  4. Aug 31, 2023 · Star of many silent films and Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson takes the stage on The Carol Burnett Show.#CarolBurnett #TheCarolBurnettShow #GloriaSwanson SU...

  5. Gloria Swanson. Actress: Sunset Boulevard. Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Svensson in Chicago, Illinois. She was destined to be perhaps one of the biggest stars of the silent movie era. Her personality and antics in private definitely made her a favorite with America's movie-going public. Gloria certainly didn't intend on going into show business. After her formal education in ...

  6. Apr 5, 1983 · Gloria Swanson, a symbol of enduring glamour who was perhaps the most glittering goddess of Hollywood's golden youth in the 1920's, died of a heart ailment yesterday in New York Hospital.

  7. May 29, 2024 · Gloria Swanson was one of the most prominent stars in the U.S. who reigned supreme during the silent film era. She was an actress and producer, highly acclaimed for her stylish fashion statements. She started out as an extra in films and gradually worked her way up to become one of the biggest film personalities of her times.

  8. Mar 30, 2022 · In today’s post, we close out Women’s History Month with the Library’s own Cary O’Dell examining yet another remarkable facet to the life and legend of the great Gloria Swanson. Rightfully, in the past few years the celebrated screen siren Hedy Lamarr has been rediscovered. But not so much for her extraordinary beauty or even …

  9. Oct 12, 2021 · In her iconic comeback role as has-been Norma Desmond in 1950’s Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson raves, “I am big.It’s the pictures that got small.” Though only 4’11”, this statement ...

  10. Sep 7, 2013 · Article content. Her continued fame is a testament to the power of the catchphrase: yet Gloria Swanson, eternally ready for her close-up, has never really had a good look at her life.